National Republican., 1887-01-31
w 7 A RD
TON DRY GOODS H
912 D STRE

graves. dying with no earthly comfort about
them and going into graves with 10 appropriate
Sna Mhep ye eey msh nse vsa yes
luxuriously,. and been at last put into brilliant
sepulcher. What a delusion
Yea, this delusion of Christian religion shows
itself In the fact that 1t goes to those who are
in trouble. Now, 1t Is bad enough to cheat
man when he is well and when ne Is prosper
Gus; but this religion comes 70 man when he
while; you are going into land where there
are no coughs and no pleurisies. and no con-
sumptions and no languishing; Take courage
Gospel comes to the poor and 1t says to them:
You are on your way to vast estates and to
dividends always declarable." This deluson
Of reunon before tRs one and Of the
tion of all sorrow. And then to show that this
delusion will stop at absolutely nothing, 1t
aplicipaiions: How much better it would be
to have him die without any more hope than
same and rats and snakes. That is all.
Nothing more left ofhtm: He will never know
The soul is only superior part of the body,
and when the booy disintegrates the soul dis
integ5ates. Annihilation; vacancy, everlast;
that beautiful doctrine to the dying. instead of
coming with this hoax. this swindle of the
Christian religion, and filling the dying man
in the last hour have clapped their hands, and
some have shouted, and some have sung, and
some have been 80 overwrought with Joy they
could only look ecsatic. Palace gates OPEN
ing, they thought diamonded coronets fash
ing, hands beckoning, orchestras sounding.
Little children dying, actually believing they
saw saw ,, their departed parents, go that, although
and sick for weeks, they. could not turn on
their dying pillow, at the last, in a paroxysm
Of rapture uncontrollable, they sprang to their
feet, and shouted; "Mother. catch me. l am
And 10 show the ymmenslty of this delusion,
this. awful swindIe of the Gospel of Jesus
Christ. open hospital and bring into that
hospital tile death eds Of a great many Chris.
tian people, and take you by the hand this
morning. and walk up and down the wards
ask dying Stephen. what haye You to say"
,Lord Jesus, receive my spirit" "Dying John
Wesley, what have you to sayf' "Tne
Pss OF M What dSS have yo Dyns sswarS
sea- Of glory abyiing ] John In Bradford do what II
have YOU TO say - "if there be any way of
sSn sSao to it hfVsR Is R on Syns ads e Msi sS
aeod-nieht:S Dying Mrs: i FIorsncs Foster,
tain tain tops @ are s al asieam ge fs from mSea psaG
S,vD 10 pSE "Dyips AsTander Ma'her what
amen, amen, amenl'' dying John Powson,,
amer preaching o he SSspss g years what
To,es' Dying pr Thomas Scott what have
Ing soldier in the last war, what have You to
Ing telegraph operator on the battlefield Of
Virginia, what have you to say?" ".The wires
are all laid and the poles are up from Stony
hSNe You S to II am So@ ready Whss W ss
offered, and the time of my departure Is ut
hand have fought the good fight l have
nshed Ssrs my y shave have kept the faith
thy victory? Thanks beunto God whogiyeth us
the victory through, our Lord Jesus
ehfsi dsuson What Lord eloryous %y Cog Ssy61 Taat
submeIee me with it, fiji my. eyes and ears
with 1t, put II under my diving head for a
pillow-this delusion-spread II over me for
canopy put 10 underneath me for an outspread
wing-roll i over me in ocean surges ten
thousand fathoms deep Oh, IL infdelily, and
II atheism, and If annihilation are reality.
and the Christian religion is u delusion, give
The strong conclusion of every man and
woman In the house is that Christianity pro-
sion. A lie, a cheat, swlndle, an hallucIna-
tion cannot launch such glory of the centu-
ries Your logic and your common sense con-
vince you that bad cause cannot produce an
illustrious result out OF the womb Of such a
monster no such angel can be born. There
are many, In this. house this morning,
In the galleries and on, the main floor,
who began with thinking that the Christian
religion was stupid farce, who have come TO
the conclusion that 1t is a reality, Why are
you here to-dayi Why did you sing this song1
Why did you bow your head in the opening
prayer? Why did you bring your family with
your Why, when tell you of the ending of all
trials in the bosom OF God, DO there stand
tears in your eyes-not tears OF grief,
eyes of homesick children far away at school
when some one talks to them about going
home? Why is II that you can be so calmly
submissive TO the death OF your loved one,
about whose departure you once were so angry
and so rebellious? There is something the
matter with you. All your lllends have found